2007-04-03

あんパン (Recommendation)

The wife has recently been working on putting together an album of our trip to Shikoku, so we've both been yearning for anpan. A baked good of infinite variety, at its simplest anpan is azuki paste stuffed in a bun. It is championed in Japan by the redoubtable Anpan Man. If you are ever in Hokkaido, there is a store dedicated to him, the wife's second-favorite superhero.
We've been talking about putting a statue in our backyard. While I'm partial to Durga killing the bufffalo demon...
...the wife is currently torn between Anpan Man...
...and Totoro.
I think we'll have some steamed azuki-filled bao for dinner.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

it looks like somebody tried to saw totoro's ears off. ouch!

KRM said...

CRB points out an Anpan Japan Times cover shot.